Congress members are pushing for funding and a new formal proposal to rebuild the Pentagon fire station destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Plans to rebuild the station have stalled amid cost concerns, the News4 I-Team reported in May.
The destroyed fire station housed firefighters and a crash truck assigned to respond to emergencies at the Pentagon’s helipad, which handles incoming and outgoing helicopter flights for military administrators, foreign dignitaries and the president’s Marine One. U.S. Department of Defense officials and the local firefighter union have discussed rebuilding the station during the past 15 years.
The I-Team investigation revealed a series of bureaucratic hurdles, including a Defense Department cost estimate that wildly misjudged the price of the project, have stalled the project. There is no longer a firm working plan for the rebuilding of the station and no timetable for its commencement or completion